by Nathan Ruiz Published: Fri, December 7, 2018 6:29 PM Updated: Fri, December 7, 2018 6:30 PM STILLWATER — Mike Boynton recognized this possibility when he built Oklahoma State’s schedule. The Cowboys’ coach knew that he would be testing a large group of freshmen when he revamped a nonconference schedule that a season ago ranked among the 50 easiest in college basketball and arguably kept OSU out of the NCAA Tournament because of how light it was. As undefeated Houston heads to Stillwater for a matchup Saturday, OSU sits at 4-4 for the first time since the 1987-88 season. Wednesday’s 74-71 defeat at Tulsa was far from the most challenging game on OSU’s early season slate, but it was the Cowboys’ sixth game away from home in their first eight. Afterward, Boynton expressed no regret over building what to this point has been the nation’s 41st-hardest schedule, third among Big 12 teams. “I have no desire to be the all-time winningest coach anywhere,” Boynton said. “It’s not part of my motivation. I didn’t get in this to do that, hall of fames and all that stuff. I’m here to try make kids better, and they get better from a basketball standpoint by playing against good competition. “It doesn’t look good when you’re 4-4 instead of 7-1 or 8-0, but I think that once we turn the calendar our team has gone through these things that we’ll have a better opportunity to have success later on in the season.” While OSU… [Read full story]